diff --git a/swarm/network/stream/delivery.go b/swarm/network/stream/delivery.go
index 02c5f222c5..b4203c3cca 100644
--- a/swarm/network/stream/delivery.go
+++ b/swarm/network/stream/delivery.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/storage"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/tracing"
 	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	olog "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/log"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ func (d *Delivery) handleRetrieveRequestMsg(ctx context.Context, sp *Peer, req *
 		ctx,
 		"stream.handle.retrieve")
 
+	osp.LogFields(olog.String("ref", req.Addr.String()))
+
 	s, err := sp.getServer(NewStream(swarmChunkServerStreamName, "", true))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/swarm/storage/netstore.go b/swarm/storage/netstore.go
index 9e32578a8c..c926dd3da1 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/netstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/netstore.go
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ func (n *NetStore) Get(rctx context.Context, ref Address) (Chunk, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if chunk != nil {
+		// this is not measuring how long it takes to get the chunk for the localstore, but
+		// rather just adding a span for clarity when inspecting traces in Jaeger, in order
+		// to make it easier to reason which is the node that actually delivered a chunk.
+		_, sp := spancontext.StartSpan(
+			rctx,
+			"localstore.get")
+		defer sp.Finish()
+
 		return chunk, nil
 	}
 	return fetch(rctx)